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We spend a huge portion of our lives working. This is how life has always been. Therefore what work we do is incredibly important. What makes the work itself important? Is it the necessity of the work? The benefit it brings to the world? How many people are impacted or how impacted those people are?…
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We don’t rise to the occasion, we fall to the level of our training. I can’t recall where I heard this. It may have been from Navy Seal Commander Jocko Willink. It’s a great reminder of the importance of training. The legends in many different fields that we look up to all take training incredibly…
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To find what is worth doing and do it well. To do it alongside people you trust and respect. You can’t make a good deal with a bad person. To persist in adversity when it inevitably arrives. To share your experience, which will encourage and inform others. Even if you don’t think it’s incredible or…
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Gary Keller of Keller-Williams wrote a book called the One Thing. It’s an idea that’s been expressed in many different ways, and is incredibly valuable but doesn’t come naturally. The concept of the One Thing is to prioritize doing the one thing that will make everything else unnecessary or easier. It means thinking about what…
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Seemingly small practices have an enormous impact on our quality of life. Staying consistent in a positive habit is powerful even if it doesn’t seem significant or you aren’t spending a great deal of time, energy or effort on it. The consistency grounds us and tells our subconscious that we do what we say we…
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The windshield is much larger than the rearview mirror for good reason. Ahead of us lie vast possibilities in an imperfect but beautiful world. The past is meant to be passed. The rearview mirror serves a purpose – it’s helpful to glance at occasionally, remembering where we’ve been in order to guide us towards or…
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There are two different sources from which I recently heard this concept of reality based dreams. One is the book Principles by Ray Dalio which I’m reading currently (which my amazing wife recently bought for me). The other was a podcast of Ed Mylett’s with John Maxwell. The premise is exactly as it sounds –…
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There are so many things we can learn from our children. They come into the world with natural tendencies. They’re curious. They want to touch and taste everything in sight. They’re committed. If my daughter wants to dig into the shoe bin, I can put her anywhere in the house, she’s going to keep crawling…
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Flow state is when you move fluidly and confidently through your day. Interruptions aren’t able to break through your concentration. You can’t help but smile, even (especially?) if you’re doing something that’s challenging, testing your limits. Cultivating circumstances in which we can enter a flow state is the task. Avoiding distractions and negative influences is…
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When you feel like slowing down, accelerate instead! In the study of habits the concept of triggers and your response to them is important. The first step is identifying triggers that you respond to by initiating a behavior that you want to change. Smoking a cigarette when you get stressed at work, overeating when criticized,…
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